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Budapest & Hungary
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/B416. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 4 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXHGR06) |
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Time Out Budapest
• Time Out
GUIDEBOOK •
2007 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
Compact and up-to-date, this is an outstanding guide for where to go and what to do in Budapest. With maps and introductory chapters on culture and history.
(HGR09, $19.95) |
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Budapest 1900
• John Lukacs
HISTORY •
1990 •
PAPER
• 255 PAGES
Written by a distinguished historian and native son, this excellent book is a richly detailed cultural portrait of the city at its zenith. Divided thematically, this popular history presents the geographic setting of the city, its people, economy and cultural and intellectual life. With maps and archival photographs.
(HGR01, $16.95) |
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Between the Woods and the Water
• Patrick Leigh Fermor
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
The sequel to A Time of Gifts, Leigh Fermors's classic account of his adventure on foot to Constantinople in 1933. Between the Woods and Water covers his trip down the Danube and across Hungary into Romania. The book ends at the Iron Gates, which divide the Carpathian mountains from the Balkans.
(CEU31, $15.95) |
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Hungary Map
• HEMA Maps
MAP
A map of Hungary at a scale of 1:300,000. Two Sides. 40x38 inches.
(HGR14, $12.95) |
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Also Recommended
Budapest Map
• Borch Maps
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A convenient map of the city center at a scale of 1:11,000.
(HGR34, $8.95)
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Culture Smart! Hungary
• Brian McLean
• GUIDEBOOK
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A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture.
(HGR45, $9.95)
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Eyewitness Guide Budapest
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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Featuring handy maps and solid information on culture and history in addition to a detailed overview of attractions. With hundreds of photographs.
(HGR15, $25.00)
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Eyewitness Guide Hungary
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact illustrated travel guide featuring bright color photography, dozens of excellent maps, background on history and cultlure, and a region-by-region synopsis of Hungary's attractions.
(HGR53, $25.00)
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Food Wine Budapest
• Carolyn Banfalvi
• GUIDEBOOK
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This practical guide to Hungarian cuisine includes essential vocabulary lists, trips to the wine regions, restaurant reviews and good descriptions of typical dishes.
(HGR57, $24.95)
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Frommer's Budapest Day by Day
• Robert Smyth
• GUIDEBOOK
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This illustrated pocket guide, ideal for a short visit, features excellent suggestions for everything from food and hotels to sightseeing and shopping. With a separate foldout map of the city center.
(HGR65, $12.99)
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Lonely Planet Hungarian Phrasebook
• Christina Mayer
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A palm-sized handy guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler.
(HGR38, $8.99)
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Rough Guide Hungary
• Norm Longley
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, authoritative guide to Hungary, its history, culture and attractions with good local maps. Most of the book is devoted to detailed recommendations for excursions throughout the country, covering in detail both popular and remote destinations.
(HGR31, $21.99)
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A Concise History of Hungary
• Miklos Molnar
• Anna Magyar
• HISTORY
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The author, a Hungarian historian, narrates the history of Hungary from little-known origins to 1988, encompassing the Magyars, the Austro-Hungarian empire and the Soviet era.
(HGR30, $30.99)
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Budapest, A Cultural History
• Bob Dent
• HISTORY
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A literary, cultural guide to the art, architecture, traditions and history of Budapest.
(HGR49, $19.99)
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Bury Me Standing
• Isabel Fonseca
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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This marvelous portrait of the Roma, also known as the Gypsies, offers insight into their music, foods, religions and folk traditions, and also examines their influential but complex relationship with Eastern Europe.
(EUR09, $14.95)
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Hungary and the Soviet Bloc
• Charles Gati
• HISTORY
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A Senior Adjunct Professor of European Studies at Johns Hopkins University's history of Hungary.
(HGR73, $48.00)
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The Hungarians, A Thousand Years of Victory in Defeat
• Paul Lendvai
• Ann Major
• HISTORY
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A journalist who fled Hungary in 1957, Lendvai combines history, scholarship and anecdote in this uncommonly engaging account. With verve and authority, he covers the struggle of the Magyars' against the Tartars, Turks and Russians over the past millennium.
(HGR32, $32.50)
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The Magic Lantern, The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague
• Timothy Garton Ash
• HISTORY
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With a chapter each on Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague, this eyewitness account by an astute journalist and historian shows these vibrant cities during a time of great change.
(GER36, $15.00)
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The Book of Fathers
• Miklos Vamos
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Vamos turns this giddy memoir, following 10 generations of the men in his family, into a chronicle of the culture and politics of Hungary.
(HGR66, $15.95)
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The Bridge at Andau
• James Michener
• LITERATURE
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The true story of a bridge that became a means of escape to the west during the Hungarian revolt in 1956. It's classic Michener: gripping and action-packed.
(HGR17, $7.99)
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The Sojourn
• Andrew Krivak
• LITERATURE
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A grandson of Slovak immigrants, Krivak conjures the lost world of a shepherd's life in the Austro-Hungarian empire in this National Book Award-nominated tale of World War I.
(AST111, $14.95)
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Under the Frog
• Tibor Fischer
• LITERATURE
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Irony and wit pervade this novel set against the backdrop of the short-lived Hungarian revolution of 1956. The author's own experiences are played out by a cast of Kafkaesque characters all looking for a way though the turbulent days before the Russian tanks roll into Budapest.
(HGR12, $17.00)
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